I might have to throw together at least the system start/stop/restart
script for Linux, to conform to the way most services start/stop. :) If
I get around to this, I'll post it.
-Alex
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:43:00 +0200, Robert Krueger wrote:
> At 20:22 15.10.00 , you wrote:
> >Klaus - thanks I'll try that.
> >
> >On my other point, has anyone written a shell or perl script to do the
> >following on Linux/Unix:
> >
> >1) Start Orion
> >2) Monitor that the Java process Orion is running in is running
> >3) If Orion stops (ie JVM crashes) - restart Orion
> >4) Log the starts / stops?
> >
> >I'm not a scripting guru at all, but if noone has one I'll start trying to
> >hack one together. Always easier to start from something working though -
> >has anyone seen something like this elsewhere I could look at?
> >
> >Mike
>
>
> this is exactly what supervise (comes with daemontools by the auther of
> qmail, d.j. bernstein) does. we've used it in production systems for the
> exact same task you're describing and are very satisfied with it. the only
> problem it doesn't deal with is when the entire application hangs. however,
> we haven't had this kind of problem in a long time. at the moment we use
> jdk1.3 by sun, which crashes occasionally and is restarted by supervise.
>
> try that, it's a good robust tool (like everything by that pedantic maniac
> bernstein ;-).
>
> btw does anyone know a working http monitoring tool preferably java based
> with an xml based config syntax? we use netsaint and the config syntax is a
> pain. we need something very simple and if we don't find anything we'll
> probably hack something ourselves.
>
> robert
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Klaus Thiele
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 5:17 PM
> > > To: Orion-Interest
> > > Subject: Re: Deployment platforms
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Cannon-Brookes wrote:
> > > >
> > > [...]
> > > > > > 6. What has been your experience (stability, performance,
> > > managability,
> > > > > > etc) - mainly of the underlying platform, not orion.
> > > > Perfect, we've never had any problems with the OS or the DB (Sybase
> > > > 11.0.3.3). Our only problem now is twofold:
> > > > 1) Finding a way for Orion effectively to run as something
> > > other than root.
> > >
> > > some time ago there was a nice tip from a guy on this list:
> > >
> > > Linux kernel configuration:
> > > Networking options --->
> > > [*] IP: firewalling
> > > [*] IP: transparent proxy support
> > >
> > > and then a small startup-script:
> > > [...]
> > > start)
> > > echo -n "Redirect port 80"
> > > /sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 80 -j REDIRECT 8000
> > > this should also work (https):
> > > /sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 443 -j REDIRECT 8443
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > then you can run orion as any user you want.
> > >
> > > hope that helps
> > > klaus
> > >
> > > --
> > > Klaus Thiele - Personal & Informatik AG
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > "There's got to be more to life than compile-and-go."
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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